The memory of a man, athlete, artist, fashion designer, a friend who passed away eight years ago but it seems like yesterday. He created an eternal, timeless fashion which time makes even more desirable.

Ottavio Missoni would have turned 100 on February 11th. For friends, for those who have known him, he’ll remain forever a young athlete who made it to Olympics, an artist who knew how to obtain exciting mix-and-match from wool as beautiful as tapestries and fabrics, a sportsman for life, an open minded man who, even well advanced in years, captured people with his charm and vitality. But also an entrepreneur surrounded by children, grandchildren and friends, who lived with his wife Rosita in a countryside garden-house and from there created his fashion and his legend. For those who have not known him, for the younger ones, the Ma*Ga museum in Gallarate paid him homage by celebrating his centenary with a new set-up by Luca Missoni and Angelo Jelmini of "Sala Arazzi Ottavio Missoni" permanent installation.
"To mark the 100th anniversary of my father’s birth - Luca Missoni says - it seemed natural to us to confirm his Tapestries exhibition in the Museum room dedicated to him with a thematic narration of his artistic work. An original studies selection, always drawn using colored markers on squared paper, made to design his creations and tapestries. A knitted fabrics selection, some of which were already presented in 1975 during his first exhibition at Galleria Il Naviglio in Venice. A polychrome paintings series in acrylic on wood created in experimental form in the early 1970s." All this for the artist. In order to nerver forget the man, an exhibition section presents Ottavio’s bright sporting career, Gallaratese Gymnastics Society athlete since 1947, culminated at the London Olympics in 1948 with the 400 meters hurdles final". 
We can not forget that Missoni and their guys have been present in a large part of our life, and that after fashion years shared on our magazines pages, Rosita chose to present the new Missoni Home adventure in 2002 right at Superstudio Più.